Thomas Wright, Jon Wefald Leadership Chair in Business Administration and professor of management at K-State, has found that when employees have high levels of psychological well-being and job satisfaction, they perform better and are less likely to leave their job — making happiness a valuable tool for maximizing organizational outcomes. “The benefits of a psychologically [...]

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Achieving and maintaining mental wellbeing is very important, for both mind and body. However, around one in four people suffers from some kind of mental issue during their lifetime, but many do not seek the help they need to manage or overcome the problem. Awareness of mental health problems is constantly rising, making it easier [...]

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British Gas has announced that it will prioritise staff health and wellbeing over the coming months through a number of events, it has been reported. Gatherings will be targeting mental health and the musculoskeletal problems that employees may face, as well as encouraging a four-month walking challenge for its 28,000 staff, according to the new [...]

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The World Wildlife Fund is running a wellbeing activity week for its 340 UK staff to help improve motivation. The organisation’s first wellbeing week, held last January, achieved 84% take-up, but it aims to improve on that this time with a host of new activities. Its activities will begin on 15 January, with staff able [...]

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There is growing evidence that the level of staff wellbeing or happiness can have a significant impact on their performance. As a result of ‘Health Work Wellbeing’, a government led initiative to improve the health and well-being of working age people, there has been a burgeoning interest amongst employers around improving wellbeing at work. Boots, [...]

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As a result of the recession, business and managers need to anticipate and manage longer-term effects such as mental health problems in the workplace. More than ever, businesses have been required to look at their management skills in difficult times, the importance of employee engagement during a downturn, the key role of skills through recession [...]

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